Turning Beach Plastic into 3D-Printed Inventions

How a Scottish artist is transforming plastic pollution into a lesson on sustainability.

Aug 8, 2018 | 650 words, about 3 minutes

Brown Crabs Are Attracted to Undersea Power Cables

Electromagnetic fields have complex and possibly harmful effects on the valuable brown crab.

Jul 30, 2018 | 850 words, about 4 minutes

Greenland Sharks Undeterred by Shark-Repelling Hooks

To the shark’s detriment, its vacuum-like feeding technique allows it to bypass the repelling effect of magnetic fishing hooks.

Jul 12, 2018 | 550 words, about 2 minutes

Genetically Modified Tomatoes Give Fish a Futuristic Hue

Researchers developed a tomato rich in pigment to give farmed fish a healthy pink glow.

Jul 3, 2018 | 800 words, about 4 minutes

Virtual Reality Preserves Disappearing Land

Coastal communities are capturing their cultures and landscapes in virtual reality before sea level rise steals them for good.

Jun 18, 2018 | 750 words, about 3 minutes

What Bones, Genes, and Space-Singed Rocks Tell Us About the Peopling of the Americas

Two new studies add to the emerging narrative of how the first people arrived in and settled the Americas.

May 31, 2018 | 1,000 words, about 5 minutes

Soon Your Phone May Be Powered by Ship Soot

Researchers found a way to turn carbon pollution into graphite, a component widely used in batteries.

May 17, 2018 | 550 words, about 2 minutes

Using Cryptocurrency to Fight Cryptofishing

One company thinks it has a solution to fisheries’ myriad transparency problems.

May 9, 2018 | 800 words, about 4 minutes